SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says he’s worried about efforts to politicize the court or add additional justices. He says it undermines the institution’s credibility among young people. Thomas spoke Friday at an event in Utah hosted by former Republican U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch’s […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Utah Republicans will again try to close a legal loophole that allows Salt Lake County to require background checks at gun shows. Under the law currently, Salt Lake County can require checks from vendors at any county-owned facility. That includes large shows at the Salt […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A single mother with two advanced degrees who works as a licensed clinical social worker wants to buy a gun to protect herself and to go hunting and target shooting with her family. But a federal felony conviction in 2008 for trying to cash a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake County says it will begin requiring background checks on private sales at gun shows held in county-owned facilities next year. Mayor Jenny Wilson announced the rule Monday, saying she knows it won’t solve the gun violence problem but says the county can’t risk […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — A Utah high school student who was inspired by Parkland, Florida shooting survivors has started a community gun reform group after her attempts to start a school club were rejected by an adviser who said the club would have been too controversial. Liz Romrell, 17, attends […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Survivors of the Florida high school shooting massacre have secured a new venue for their planned Utah gun reform town hall after a suburban movie theater revoked its earlier offer. The group said Thursday they would hold the weekend town hall at the Mountain America […]
WEST VALEY CITY, Utah (AP) — A group of Utah high school students are planning to walk out of school Wednesday to show support for gun rights. Organizer Collin Thorup says he and a small number of students at Hunter High School in West Valley City are staging their own […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Utah officials say they have repaired computer glitches that could have potentially allowed residents restricted from gun ownership to buy firearms. They say it’s not possible to know how many restricted people purchased guns. The Standard-Examiner reports the first glitch occurred in February 2017 and prevented court records […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gun rights groups are planning rallies in three Utah cities on Saturday as part of similar events across the U.S. aimed at pushing back against a wave of student-led gun violence protests that some see as a threat to the Second Amendment. A group called […]
